The Vine have reached Earth in search of Aric's armor in Valiant Entertainment's X-O Manowar #9, the best-selling small press comic book in January. In total, Valiant had five of the month's top small press books, taking the top five spots on the chart.

Other publishers in the top ten include Archie Comics, BroadSword Comics, United Plankton, and Zenescope Entertainment.

The collected edition of the first story arc of the relaunched Harbinger in Valiant Entertainment's Harbinger Volume 1: Omega Rising gave the publisher January's best-selling small press graphic novel.

Other publishers in the top ten include Archie Comics, Bongo Comics, Fantagraphics Books, UDON Entertainment, Yen Press, and Zenescope Entertainment.

Diamond Comic Distributors defines Small Presses as publishers outside the top-10 bestselling publishers over the previous six months. In offering these breakdowns of the bestselling small press comics and graphic novels, a spotlight is shown on these publishers, affording them recognition for their strong sales in a crowded marketplace. To help retailers contextualize the relationship between the Small Press sales rankings, each chart offers for each book the overall ranking for the month amongst all publishers.

TOP 50 SMALL PRESS COMICS Based on Total Unit Sales of Products Invoiced in January 2013

QTYRANK

OVERALLQTYRANK

OVERALLDOLLARRANK

INDEX

ITEMCODE

DESCRIPTION

PRICE

VENDOR

1

119

93

11.38

NOV121333-M

X-O MANOWAR #9

$3.99

VAL

2

145

117

9.13

NOV121340-M

SHADOWMAN #3

$3.99

VAL

3

151

122

8.79

NOV121342-M

HARBINGER #8

$3.99

VAL

4

155

125

8.66

NOV121338-M

ARCHER & ARMSTRONG #6

$3.99

VAL

5

161

134

8.17

NOV121336-M

BLOODSHOT #7

$3.99

VAL

6

187

205

5.97

OCT120775

SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #244

$2.99

ARC

7

216

231

4.81

NOV120956

SPONGEBOB COMICS #16

$2.99

UNI

8

221

237

4.65

NOV120874

SONIC UNIVERSE #48

$2.99

ARC

9

222

222

4.65

NOV121391-M

WONDERLAND #7 (MR)

$2.99

ZEN

10

223

223

4.64

NOV121018

TAROT WITCH OF THE BLACK ROSE #78 (MR)

$2.95

BRO

11

225

247

4.52

NOV120951

SIMPSONS COMICS #198

$2.99

BON

12

233

262

4.26

OCT120772-M

MEGA MAN #21

$2.99

ARC

13

236

239

4.21

NOV121393-M

GRIMM FAIRY TALES #81 (MR)

$2.99

ZEN

14

239

265

4.17

NOV120954

FUTURAMA COMICS #65

$2.99

BON

15

261

292

3.56

NOV120949

BART SIMPSON COMICS #79

$2.99

BON

16

262

278

3.56

NOV121401-M

GFT SLEEPY HOLLOW #4 (MR)

$2.99

ZEN

17

301

280

2.92

NOV121259

STUMPTOWN V2 #5

$3.99

ONI

18

309

270

2.79

NOV121406

GFT ANIMATED SERIES ONE SHOT (MR)

$3.99

ZEN

19

316

296

2.61

NOV120892-M

EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT ASSASSINS #7

$3.99

ASP

20

317

297

2.57

NOV120804

RACHEL RISING #14

$3.99

ABS

21

320

300

2.53

NOV120883-M

EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT IRIS VOL 3 #2

$3.99

ASP

22

326

334

2.41

NOV121408-M

FLY VOL II #4 (MR)

$2.99

ZEN

23

333

349

2.30

OCT120760

ARCHIE #640

$2.99

ARC

24

336

301

2.28

JUL120738

STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE VOL 2 #2

$3.99

APE

25

345

329

2.16

OCT120861

LEGEND OF OZ THE WICKED WEST ONGOING #3

$3.50

BIG

26

353

327

2.09

AUG120827-M

HOMECOMING #3

$3.99

ASP

27

355

250

2.05

OCT121123

KNIGHTS OF THE DINNER TABLE #194

$5.99

KEN

28

357

333

2.01

NOV120950

SIMPSONS ILLUSTRATED #5

$3.99

BON

29

358

336

1.99

NOV121262

SIXTH GUN #28

$3.99

ONI

30

361

371

1.94

OCT120780-M

NEW CRUSADERS RISE OF THE HEROES #5

$2.99

ARC

31

372

405

1.80

NOV120843

CRAWLING SKY #1

$3.99

ANT

32

373

345

1.77

OCT120770-M

LIFE WITH ARCHIE #26

$3.99

ARC

33

374

347

1.76

NOV121263

COURTNEY CRUMRIN ONGOING #9

$3.99

ONI

34

381

367

1.55

OCT121135

KOLCHAK & HONEY WEST ONE SHOT

$3.99

MOO

35

390

378

1.26

OCT121053-M

PLUME #1

$3.99

DEV

36

391

386

1.26

OCT120738

GOLD DIGGER #146

$3.99

ANT

37

393

385

1.16

SEP121197

FINDING GOSSAMYR #3

$3.99

TH3

38

400

397

1.06

SEP120756

CAVEWOMAN GANGSTER #3

$3.75

AMR

39

402

355

1.04

OCT121180

FAUST LOVE OF DAMNED ACT 15 (A)

$5.95

REB

40

409

403

0.98

NOV120866

BETTY & VERONICA DOUBLE DIGEST #209

$3.99

ARC

41

412

420

0.96

OCT120865

URSA MINOR #4 (MR)

$3.50

BIG

42

416

408

0.90

NOV120863

ARCHIE DOUBLE DIGEST #237

$3.99

ARC

43

421

411

0.86

OCT120761

ARCHIE & FRIENDS DOUBLE DIGEST #23

$3.99

ARC

44

422

426

0.86

NOV120839

GOLD DIGGER HOLIDAYS SPECIAL #2

$3.50

ANT

45

423

415

0.85

NOV120864

B & V FRIENDS DOUBLE DIGEST #231

$3.99

ARC

46

428

424

0.78

NOV120876

WORLD OF ARCHIE DOUBLE DIGEST #25

$3.99

ARC

47

434

429

0.73

OCT120769

JUGHEADS DOUBLE DIGEST #188

$3.99

ARC

48

440

458

0.66

NOV120812

FUBAR WINTER SPECIAL ONE SHOT (MR)

$2.99

ALT

49

443

433

0.65

OCT120789

RICHIE RICH GEMS #48

$3.99

APE

50

452

467

0.57

OCT121207

WESTWARD #3

$2.99

TOO

TOP 50 SMALL PRESS GRAPHIC NOVELSBased on Total Unit Sales of Products Invoiced in January 2013

QTYRANK

OVERALLQTYRANK

OVERALLDOLLARRANK

INDEX

ITEMCODE

DESCRIPTION

PRICE

VENDOR

1

44

131

1.13

NOV121345

HARBINGER (ONGOING) TP VOL 01 OMEGA RISING

$9.99

VAL

2

59

78

1.00

SEP121301

ALICE IN WONDERLAND TP (MR)

$15.99

ZEN

3

62

124

0.95

NOV121384

BLACK BUTLER TP VOL 12

$11.99

HAC

4

78

102

0.87

OCT121298

WONDERLAND TP VOL 01

$15.99

ZEN

5

85

144

0.83

NOV120875

SONIC UNIVERSE TP VOL 04 JOURNEY TO THE EAST

$11.99

ARC

6

93

35

0.77

JUL121070

PRINCE VALIANT HC VOL 06 1947-1948

$35.00

FAN

7

94

32

0.77

AUG121326

SUPER STREET FIGHTER GN VOL 01

$34.95

UDO

8

95

114

0.76

NOV120952

SIMPSONS COMICS SUPERNOVA TP

$15.99

BON

9

101

146

0.74

NOV121389

SOUL EATER TP VOL 12

$11.99

HAC

10

137

133

0.57

NOV120865

ARCHIE THE MARRIED LIFE TP VOL 03

$19.99

ARC

11

159

171

0.46

OCT121300

IRRESISTIBLE TP (MR)

$15.99

ZEN

12

160

163

0.46

NOV121387

BRIDES STORY HC GN BOOK 04

$16.99

HAC

13

166

312

0.44

OCT120768

BETTY & VERONICA PROM PRINCESSES TP

$9.99

ARC

14

171

135

0.42

MAY121234

SCOTT PILGRIM COLOR HC VOL 01

$24.99

ONI

15

172

432

0.42

AUG120777

STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE DIGEST VOL 03 FIELD DAY & OTHER STORIES

$6.99

APE

16

191

161

0.38

JUL121018

HOBBIT TP

$20.00

RAN

17

202

293

0.35

NOV121388

DISAPPEARANCE OF NAGATO YUKI CHAN GN VOL 03

$11.99

HAC

18

203

179

0.35

JAN128076

UNDERWATER WELDER GN

$19.95

TOP

19

207

70

0.34

JUL121170

CHRIS WARE BUILDING STORIES HC

$50.00

RAN

20

214

216

0.33

OCT121200

GIRL FRIENDS COMPLETE COLL TP VOL 02 (MR)

$17.99

ST.

21

224

224

0.32

SEP121168

BAD MEDICINE TP VOL 01

$19.99

ONI

22

228

232

0.31

OCT121201

GUNSLINGER GIRL OMNIBUS TP VOL 06

$17.99

ST.

23

233

82

0.31

SEP121126

ALEX TOTH ZORRO COMP DELL COMICS ADVENTURES HC

$49.99

HER

24

234

213

0.31

NOV121316

DEAR BELOVED STRANGER GN

$19.95

TOP

25

237

126

0.30

JUN121133

WEIRD HORRORS & DARING ADV JOE KUBERT ARCHIVES HC VOL 01

$39.99

FAN

26

238

361

0.30

FEB108442

SCOTT PILGRIM GN VOL 01 PRECIOUS LITTLE LIFE

$11.99

ONI

27

244

243

0.30

NOV121178

COMPLETE CRUMB COMICS TP VOL 03 FRITZ CAT (MR)

$19.99

FAN

28

250

395

0.29

MAY120858

SONIC UNIVERSE TP VOL 03 KNUCKLES RETURNS

$11.99

ARC

29

260

137

0.28

FEB042691

FROM HELL TP (MR)

$35.00

TOP

30

261

339

0.27

MAY042405

FUTURAMA TP VOL 02 ADVENTURES

$14.95

BON

31

272

152

0.27

APR121096

JACK JACKSON AMERICAN HISTORY TEJANOS CAUSE HC

$35.00

FAN

32

275

502

0.27

SEP121080

HOUSEWIVES AT PLAY HANKY SPANKY GN (A)

$9.99

ERO

33

278

468

0.26

OCT120741

ZOMBIE KID DIARIES GN VOL 03 WALKING DAD

$10.99

ANT

34

288

211

0.26

MAY111197

INFINITE KUNG FU GN

$24.95

TOP

35

291

214

0.26

AUG121236

SCOTT PILGRIM COLOR HC VOL 02

$24.99

ONI

36

293

48

0.25

OCT121119

BLACK INCAL DLX HC VOL 01 (MR)

$79.95

HUM

37

301

108

0.24

AUG121263

ROY THOMAS PRESENTS THE HEAP HC VOL 01

$47.99

DIA

38

306

237

0.24

OCT121083

TALES DESIGNED TO THRIZZLE HC VOL 02

$24.99

FAN

39

317

218

0.23

MAR120749

CURSED PIRATE GIRL HC VOL 01

$24.95

ARA

40

318

572

0.23

MAY120846

BEST OF ARCHIE COMICS TP VOL 02

$9.99

ARC

41

321

277

0.23

SEP121145

AIRBOY & AIRFIGHTERS TP DANGEROUS LIAISONS

$19.95

MOO

42

322

424

0.23

MAR108136

CALVIN & HOBBES TP

$12.99

POC

43

335

345

0.22

OCT121202

I DONT LIKE YOU AT ALL BIG BROTHER GN COLL ED VOL 02 (MR)

$16.99

ST.

44

338

348

0.22

OCT088197

CALVIN & HOBBES HOMICIDAL PSYCHO JUNGLE CAT SC

$16.99

POC

45

347

436

0.21

APR128211

AMULET SC VOL 01 STONEKEEPER

$12.99

SCH

46

348

435

0.21

MAR128109

BONE COLOR ED SC VOL 01 OUT BONEVILLE

$12.99

SCH

47

352

247

0.21

OCT121216

ROBERT JORDAN EYE OF THE WORLD HC VOL 03

$24.99

ST.

48

354

344

0.21

SEP121079

LOVE ON THE JOB GN VOL 01 (A)

$17.95

801

49

357

613

0.21

OCT121241

X-O MANOWAR (ONGOING) TP VOL 01 BY THE SWORD

$9.99

VAL

50

360

519

0.20

FEB108443

SCOTT PILGRIM GN VOL 02 VS THE WORLD

$11.99

ONI

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